. The street railway review . CURVE AT DRINKER PARK. ^tJi£d%i!iM4i\S\gvicW G5;5. tutted hv riprapping. Iron rods also were drifted into therock and built into the piers, and on the shore side of thesea wall tie walls were built into the bank for 20 ft. At the Grand Trunk bridge the railway company wasnot permitted to remove the badly weathered sandstone andshale covering the limestone, the only solid stone in theneighborhood, and accordingly built two walls. The upperone prevents the earth from above from falling upon theelectric tracks and the lower one prevents the earth underthe roadbed fro
. The street railway review . CURVE AT DRINKER PARK. ^tJi£d%i!iM4i\S\gvicW G5;5. tutted hv riprapping. Iron rods also were drifted into therock and built into the piers, and on the shore side of thesea wall tie walls were built into the bank for 20 ft. At the Grand Trunk bridge the railway company wasnot permitted to remove the badly weathered sandstone andshale covering the limestone, the only solid stone in theneighborhood, and accordingly built two walls. The upperone prevents the earth from above from falling upon theelectric tracks and the lower one prevents the earth underthe roadbed from sliding into the river. ()t\ the ascent up the talus, the slope of the debris wasincreased by filling in with rock. Here the 6xS-in. guardstringer is some 4 ft. from outside edge of the slope and afurther guard is provided near the edge. This latter is astringer made up of logs 14 in. in diameter and 16 ft. long,which are laid on posts 14 in. high set at intervals of 10 ft. The overhead line is of No. 00 wire with Hillings &Spencer hangers, divided into sections of 1,00
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